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Detainee Torture

Jay Bybee, Torture Memo Author, Creates Fund To Fight Possible Impeachment

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

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The federal judge who helped draft Justice Department memos on torture has set up a legal defense fund to pay the costs of defending against possible ...

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Bush Interrogators Used "Abdominal Slaps" To "Instill Fear And Despair"

Raw Story | Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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The following article was produced by The Raw Story and written by Larisa Alexandrovna. Recently declassified documents on the Bush administration i...

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Detainee Torture Claims Can Be Suppressed, Federal Court Rues

AP | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Friday in a case on detainees at Guantanamo Bay that the government can maintain the secrecy of portions of s...

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Videotaping Detainee Interrogations Pushed For By Congress

New York Times | Scott Shane | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

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Congress is moving to require videotaping of interrogations of detainees held by the military, a step proponents say will prevent abuse and create a v...

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Congress Assists In Torture Photo Cover-Up, Lieberman At Center Of Controversy

The American Prospect | Adam Serwer | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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Since 2003, the ACLU has been seeking torture documents through a FOIA lawsuit. In 2005, the Southern District Court of New York ordered the governmen...

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Mohammed al-Qahtani Torture Tapes To Be Released To Detainee's Lawyers

Washington Post | Del Quentin Wilber and Julie Tate | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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A federal judge on Monday disclosed the existence of videotapes that may reveal potentially abusive interrogations of a Guantanamo Bay detainee, and o...

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Top Bush Terrorism Adviser Admits CIA Docs Didn't Prove Torture Worked

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

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Okay, this should settle it, but of course it won't: We now have a former homeland security official under George W. Bush who has contradicted the cla...

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Cheney's 'Torture Works' Argument Is A Red Herring

Washington Independent | Daphne Eviatar | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

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No matter how much former Vice President Dick Cheney insists that torturing prisoners in secret CIA prisons worked (and Spencer has already laid out t...

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DOD Ordered To Release Detainee Torture Photos

ACLU | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

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A federal court today ordered the Department of Defense to release photographs depicting the abuse of detainees by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan...

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CIA Vet: Next President May Have To Scrap Agency

Washington Independent | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

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Over the last several months, there has been a gradual, but unrelenting, outing of the highest level U.S. government involvement in the sordid busines...

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